Jerry.Andrews@f426.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Jerry Andrews) (01/17/90)
I've a data-handling application that will work LOTS better if I can put 5 cards-worth of data on one card, hiding each page of fields until they're asked for (I've set up 5 radio buttons, one for each group of fields to display). Problem is, the handler for displaying a group of fields is s...l...o...w -- just because of the number of fields involved. Has anyone thought of a clever way to address a group of fields, all at once (or in a tight loop), making them all appear and disappear at the same time? -- Jerry Andrews at The Black Cat's Shack (Fidonet 1:109/401) Internet: Jerry.Andrews@f426.n109.z1.fidonet.org UUCP: ...!uunet!blkcat!426!Jerry.Andrews
jdevoto@Apple.COM (Jeanne A. E. DeVoto) (01/20/90)
In article <362.25B409E9@blkcat.fidonet.org> Jerry.Andrews@f426.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Jerry Andrews) writes: >Has anyone thought of a clever way to address a group of fields, all at >once (or in a tight loop), making them all appear and disappear at the >same time? I don't have any specific method in mind, but I do have two suggestions: 1) If you lock the screen while hiding/showing the fields, the operation will be faster (and prettier, since the whole card will appear to change at once); 2) If you're using a lot of fields, it's often possible to rework things to combine several fields into one. This is a particularly good strategy to use if some of your fields are one line, since HyperTalk can address the contents of a field by line. -- ====== jeanne a. e. devoto ======================================== jdevoto@apple.com | You may not distribute this article under a jdevoto@well.UUCP | compilation copyright without my permission. ___________________________________________________________________ Apple Computer and I are not authorized | CI$: 72411,165 to speak for each other. | AppleLink: SQA.TEST